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Recent Examples of outwardly
From governance to deployment, nothing should be hidden, not only to foster trust, but to actively build skills outwardly ahead of an external team taking eventual ownership.
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Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
No other regular Chelsea starter could be relied upon so consistently to field questions from the media after a match, win, lose or draw, and few others were as loud or outwardly forceful on the pitch.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
And in a night that could almost veer on sterile with how safe many of the performances felt, Carpenter was the one artist willing to make an outwardly political statement all evening, standing up for the transgender community.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Gautam Lohia, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
No other regular Chelsea starter could be relied upon so consistently to field questions from the media after a match, win, lose or draw, and few others were as loud or outwardly forceful on the pitch.
—Liam Twomey, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2025
This morning, the outwardly unblemished remains of IJA soldiers collected for Professor Nishina’s autopsy requirements were lined up in the first aid room at the Daiwa Textile factory—the facility Akatsuki Command had requisitioned to serve as the headquarters for its training division.
—Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2025
And in a night that could almost veer on sterile with how safe many of the performances felt, Carpenter was the one artist willing to make an outwardly political statement all evening, standing up for the transgender community.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for outwardly
Adverb
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So this book is born from my deep listening at the moment when everything was changing, internally and externally.—
Tembi Locke,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
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Transparency works both ways—externally and internally.—
Rachel Lyubovitzky,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Mourners, many of whom were visibly upset and wearing Walmart uniforms, placed electric candles at the memorial.—
Amanda Rosa,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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Videos on social media show Kirk speaking to a large crowd as a gunshot is heard in the distance and Kirk is visibly impacted.—
Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
10 Sep. 2025
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Never follow your boyfriend to college, especially a seemingly mediocre college, as Belly does with Jeremiah to the fictional Finch.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
11 Sep. 2025
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And each year, the seemingly impossible becomes reality again.—
Michael Deeds,
Idaho Statesman,
10 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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You guys are apparently playing one more concert.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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Whatever the case might be, there’s clearly at least one contingent in King Charles’ inner circle, which apparently includes Prince William, that would love for this Harry meeting to be a one-and-done.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
13 Sep. 2025
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Those watching on social media evidently agreed, with the clip earning over 120,000 views.—
Jack Beresford,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Sep. 2025
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No, not drugs—for the young Michael Clune, those would evidently come soon enough—but art.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Polidori, ostensibly joining the party as a private physician, had been secretly hired by a publishing house to write a tell-all about Byron.—
Thomas Page McBee,
Travel + Leisure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Premium trims gain ventilated front seats, and the gear selector migrates to the steering column, ostensibly to free up cabin space.—
Josh Max,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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The meeting was arranged at the last minute, in part because Harry was supposedly nervous about leaks, Griffiths also said.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
10 Sep. 2025
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These creations are supposedly already out in the wild.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Outwardly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/outwardly. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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